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Mesoscale Discussion 1012

June 18, 2010Mercer County, Rock Island County, Illinois; 43 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 18, 2010, 5:45 PM CDT for Mercer County, Rock Island County, Illinois; 43 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2010, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2010, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Scott County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Mercer County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Clark County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2010-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2010-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-560 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCRock Island6 hr
Jun 17, 9:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCStephenson62 min
Jun 17, 10:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCRock Island93 min
Jun 17, 11:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago60 min
Jun 17, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago4 hr
Jun 18, 2:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 22 more27 min
Jun 18, 9:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more7 hr
Jun 18, 10:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Fulton and 24 more2 hr
Jun 18, 12:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Fulton and 26 more61 min
Jun 18, 12:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 33 more9 hr
Jun 18, 5:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Champaign, Cook, DeKalb and 32 more54 min
Jun 18, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChampaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, DeWitt and 9 more6 hr
Jun 18, 6:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Edgar, Vermilion94 min
Jun 17, 7:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 46 more96 min
Jun 17, 7:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMills65 min
Jun 18, 7:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 20 more88 min
Jun 18, 1:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Calhoun, Floyd, Franklin, Humboldt, Ida and 4 more113 min
Jun 18, 1:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Cass, Clarke, Decatur, Fremont and 10 more94 min
Jun 18, 2:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 39 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2010Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2010Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2010Every mesoscale discussion in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.